Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत उन्मीलयांचक्रे लोचने विश्वलोचनः । तस्योदयमिव प्राप्य प्रगे पंकजिनीवनी

Transliteration

tata unmīlayāṃcakre locane viśvalocanaḥ | tasyodayamiva prāpya prage paṃkajinīvanī

Translation

تب وِشوَلوچن، ہمہ بین پروردگار نے (اس کی) آنکھیں کھول دیں—جیسے سحر کے وقت سورج کے طلوع سے کنولوں کا تالاب کھل اٹھتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Time/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तदस्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘then/from there’

• उन्मीलयाम्: opening (to open)
• उन्मीलयाम्: Kriya-aṅga (Part of verbal periphrasis)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उन्-√मील् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त धातोः भावे/कर्मणि; अत्र ‘उन्मीलयाम्’ इति लिट्-समासे (periphrastic perfect) कृदन्त-रूपं, ‘opening’ (as verbal noun)

• चक्रे: did; made
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्सभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• लोचने: (his) two eyes
• लोचने: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), द्विवचन

• विश्वलोचनः: the all-seeing one
• विश्वलोचनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-लोचन (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + लोचन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य लोचने विश्वं पश्यति’ (one whose eyes are the universe / who sees all)

• तस्य: of it; of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• उदयम्: rising; dawn
• उदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• इव: as if; like
• इव: Upamā (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय (like/as if)

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having attained’

• प्रगे: at dawn
• प्रगे: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रगे (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (at dawn/early)

• पंकजिनीवनी: a lotus-grove
• पंकजिनीवनी: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंकजिनी-वनी (प्रातिपदिक; पंकजिनी + वनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपमायाम् (nom. sg. fem.)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya context in Kāśī Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-Avimukta

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, the All-seeing, causes the Sun to open his eyes; the moment is likened to a lotus-pond blooming at dawn upon the Sun’s rise—double sunrise: outer and inner.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvalocana (Śiva)
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Awakening and clarity arise through Śiva’s anugraha; the devotee blooms like a lotus when touched by divine light.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred ground where such grace-filled encounters with Śiva are extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse uses devotional-poetic imagery to describe spiritual awakening.